Dana Marie's Country Living Blog

My new cookie cookbook, Vintage Cookie Recipes, is here! It's available in paperback, hardcover, and ebook versions through Amazon ® .  If you have a copy of my Christmas desserts cookbook , you will see that we have kept the theme of the cover going so it will go with the cookbook series I am creating, My Olde Country Home. Volume 1 is Olde Fashioned Christmas Desserts, and volume 2 is Vintage Cookie Recipes. Volume 3 will be announced after the cookie cookbook is published.   Apple Pie Cookies   This book features a total of 84 recipes with 34 full-color photos. You'll find my tried-and-true recipes for cookies, bars, and biscotti. There are instructions for making jar-mixes for 12 classic cookies, some vintage recipes from the 1920s and a section of tips and tricks that I have learned along the way. The whole book is sprinkled with my sketches, plus vintage ads and illustrations as well as a couple of old photos of my family. Grandma and Grandpa Meier I love the ol...

Exciting news! The updated version of my Christmas Desserts cookbook is available as an ebook on Amazon ® for only $9.99! It contains many of the old traditional recipes that have passed down through generations in my family. Baking has always been an important part of Christmas for me. There is nothing better than to see loved ones delighted to receive special home baked goods made with love by you!  Margaret Meier I dedicated this cookbook to my Grandma Meier because she was the one who taught me my love of baking. Included in this book are some of her vintage recipes compiled while she was in a baking club in the 1950's. Many have her handwritten notes on them. They are so special to me. In the book I also share memories of my grandma at Christmastime.  A big huge thank you to my editor Amanda Steves for all her hard work helping me get this done. Couldn't have done it without her! Here's a sample recipe from the ebook. My Olde Country Home: Olde Fashioned Christmas Des...